WEBVTT
RYING TO
KEEP UP WITH CUBS FEVER.
>> TO SAY JACOB CHANDLER'S BEEN
BUSY WITH HIS START UP COMPANY
KORKED BASEBALL IS AN
UNDERSTATEMENT.
YOU BECOME A DECENT
FOLDER
AFTER YOU DO IT ENOUGH TIMES.
>> LOTS OF FOLDING, PACKAGING,
AND SHIPPING, PRETTY MUCH ALL
DAY, EVERY DAY OUT OF THIS
, YORKVILLE WAREHOUSE.
>> IT'S BEEN CRAZY.
>> IT ALL STARTED SIX MONTHS AGO
WITH THESE FOUR WORDS THAT CUBS
MANAGER JOE MADDON TOLD ONE OF
HIS PLAYERS TO EASE HIS NERVES.
>> TRY NOT TO SU
CK.
>>
SO CHANDLER PUT IT ON A
SURE.
DURING SPRING TRAINING, THE TEAM
STARTED WEARING IT.
SOON SALES AND THE CUBS SEASON
STARTED SKYROCKETING.
>> THE CUBS PLAYERS ARE ACTUALLY
HELPING TO DESIGN THEM
THEMSELVES.
THE MONEY GOES TOWARDS HELPING
HIS FOUNDATION, WHICH BENEFITS
CONCUSSION AWARENESS.
THEY'RE ALSO DONATING TO
MADDON'S RESPECT 90 CHARITY,
WHICH HELPS INNER CITY YOUTH IN
CHICAGO.
>> IT'S ONE THING TO SELL A LOT
OF SHIRTS AND MAKE MONEY, BUT
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO HELP
CHARITIES AND PEOPLE.
>> HE SAYS IT'S ALL THANKS TO
THE CUBS MAKING IT TO THE WORL
SERIES THE BEST THING THAT
, COULD'VE HAPPENED FOR STARVED
FANS
AND THIS WISCONSIN
BUSINESS OWNER WHO BY THE WAY

When Cubs manager Joe Maddon told rookie Javier Baez "Try not to suck" to ease his nerves, Jacob Chandler, from Franklin, saw a golden opportunity.
His new start-up company, Korked Baseball, began printing the saying on T-shirts with Maddon’s signature eyeglasses in the middle.
During spring training, players and Maddon started wearing the shirt.
Within the first week, the company surpassed its three-month sales goal.
" This one ( try not to suck), we sold probably 80,000 of this shirt" Chandler said, adding that employees have been working night and day filling orders at their Yorkville warehouse.
But it’s not all about the money for this company, which has teamed up with Maddon’s charity, Respect 90 and several other Cubs’ charities, donating $500,000 from sales so far.
"It’s one thing to sell a lot of shirts and make a lot of money, but it’s another thing to be able to help charities and help people." Chandler said.
Chandler currently lives in Franklin, but he grew up in Illinois and is a huge Cubs fan.
He is also hoping to have Brewers shirts by spring-training time.